Hotel Group Plans Rapid China Expansion

Shanghai Daily:

Intercontinental Hotels Group, one of the world’s largest hotel groups in terms of rooms, said today it will open 100 more hotels in China in the following 2-and-a-half years.

The group also said it will expand its China staff from 30,000 to 50,000 in 18 months.

Entering the China market early in 1984, IHG now runs InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express under either management or franchising contracts.

IHG runs some 3,900 hotels with 585,000 rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories under 7 brands.

The group added 70 hotels in China last year.